Health Information Bill 2024

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Creates electronic health records (EHRs) for all patients, managed by the HSE, containing personal health data shared between healthcare providers treating the same patient.
Gives patients access rights to their EHR and information about who accessed it; allows HSE to request health data from providers and use court orders if requests are refused.
Implements EU Health Data Space rules; permits HSE to share patient data with other countries and use personal public service numbers to identify patients in the system.